In 2008, my grandmother passed away from Alzheimer dementia at the age of 54. After her passing, my mother's mental health went downhill from there. I was 11 at the time and I had two other siblings who needed their mother, but knowing what my mom was going through with her loss, I decided to step up and become the "second mom". Till this day, my mother still mourns the passing of her mother, and now that I have a new sibling, and even a child of my own (they're both 3) I have to take in the responsibility to make sure that my mother and siblings are taken care of no matter what. My father is doing a great job on his part, however he is slowly burning himself out trying to take care of us girls and now he has a granddaughter. In 2019 after having my daughter, I was abandoned my her father and that also took a mental toll on me. However, every day when I wake up I know who I'm really doing this for and I know she is looking up to me as well. I had dropped out of college twice in the same year because I was ready to give up due to having depression and eventually getting postpartum blues. After going to counseling for a year in a half, in 2020 I slowly made my way back into school and graduated as a Patient Care Technician in 2021. Now I am enrolling into a BSN program next month in becoming a Registered Nurse Class of 2025! My main goal after I graduate is becoming a traveling nurse and getting the chance to explore the world with my daughter. I know at the end of each day, I can be reassured that my immediate family is well taken care of as well as my child in case anything goes south. I could've gave up on school completely and even life itself. However knowing that my mother will be devastated as well as my daughter, made me rethink the path I was going on in life and made me focus of the things I need to take care of instead of worrying about what happened in the past. I hope in the end my family, daughter, and grandmother will be proud of me for not giving up and continued chasing my dreams.